Joseph Beauvollier de Courchant

male
Joseph Beauvollier de Courchant was Governor general of Pondicherry and Réunion in French Colonial Empire.
Elsa Joubert

Elsa Joubert

female, 87 years old
Elsa Joubert, born as Elsabé Antoinette Murray on 19 October 1922 in Paarl, is an Afrikaans-speaking South African writer. Elsa Joubert grew up in P...
John Of Montecorvino

John Of Montecorvino

male, deceased (1328)
John of Montecorvino, or Giovanni Da/di Montecorvino in Italian, also spelled "Monte Corvino" (1246, Montecorvino, Southern Italy - 1328, Peking),...

Jean Casimir Félix Guyon

male, deceased (1920)
Jean Casimir Félix Guyon was a French surgeon and urologist who was born on Ile-Bourbon (Réunion). He studied medicine in Paris and received his do...

Eugen Millington-Drake

male, deceased (1972)
British diplomat Sir Eugen John Henry Vanderstegen Millington-Drake, KCMG, was born 26 February 1889, the son of Henry Millington-Drake. In 1920 he...

Henry William Bayntun

male, deceased (1840)
Admiral Sir Henry William Bayntun, GCB was a senior officer in the Royal Navy, whose distinguished career in the the French Revolutionary and...
Jean A. Oudemans

Jean A. Oudemans

male, deceased (1906)
Jean Abraham Chrétien Oudemans was a Dutch astronomer. He was the director of the Utrecht Observatory from 1875 until 1898, when he retired. Born i...

Charles-Alexandre Léon Durand Linois

male, deceased (1848)
Charles-Alexandre Léon Durand, Comte de Linois was a French admiral during the time of Napoleon Bonaparte. He won a victory over the British at t...
Marie-Jean-Lucien Lacaze

Marie-Jean-Lucien Lacaze

male, deceased (1955)
Marie-Jean-Lucien Lacaze (Pierrefonds (Oise) 22 June 1860 — 23 March 1955) was a French admiral, minister of Marine, préfet maritime and aca...

Radama I of Madagascar

male
Radama I "the Great" (c. 1793-1828), the first king of Madagascar, united the island under his rule. In 1810, he succeeded his father...